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H.R. 307: Public Housing Emergency Response Act

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H.R. 307: Public Housing Emergency Response Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-01-11 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-01-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Public Housing Emergency Response Act

Plain summary

Public Housing Emergency Response Act This bill authorizes additional assistance from the Public Housing Capital Fund to public housing agencies (PHAs) based upon capital needs as determined by the PHA's most recent physical needs assessment. The physical needs assessment identifies work that a PHA would need to undertake to bring its units up to certain energy conservation standards and other standards.

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Official text

Public Housing Emergency Response Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] · 16 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH), Greg Landsman (D-OH)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] reported raising $180,257 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr307 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118